{"product_id":"kat-allibe-the-guardian-of-the-plains-original-mixed-media-signed-2026","title":"Kat Allibe \"The Guardian of the Plains\" Original Mixed Media on Canvas, Signed, 2026","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only animal subject in the collection, and the widest canvas — thirty by forty-eight inches, a true landscape format. Aurora was the smallest in her herd and learned to survive by watching, listening, and outrunning fear. Allibe paints colour moving across the coat the way weather moves across open country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe method holds even without a human face to withhold. Form dissolves at the edges, the ground is emotional rather than topographic, and one unexpected note carries against the warm field. The result reads as a portrait rather than wildlife art — which is the distinction that matters when a buyer is deciding between this and something that belongs in a lodge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eKat Allibe is a French-born contemporary painter working in Reno, Nevada, and the originator of Emotional Impressionism. She painted privately for over thirty years — more than 150 works, almost none of them sold — before entering formal study at the Milan Art Institute in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViridian Eclection is her private dealer. This painting comes directly from the studio, with a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eArtist\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKat Allibe (Catherine Allibe), French, working in Reno, Nevada\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eTitle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Guardian of the Plains\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDate\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMedium\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMixed media on canvas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 x 48 in (76 x 122 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSignature\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned by the artist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFraming\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnframed; ready to hang or frame to specification\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAuthentication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eProvenance\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDirect from the artist's studio via Viridian Eclection, private dealer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCondition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent original condition as released by the artist. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAvailability\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour feet wide and only two and a half high, which is the proportion that solves a sofa, a headboard, or a long credenza — the hardest wall in most houses and the one people most often fill badly. In the Mountain West it does something else too: it reads as regional without a single cliché of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for private viewing at The Morris Hotel Building, Reno. Trade and design enquiries welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48049105240169,"sku":"VE-1480","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/3670e5_0665d9a806c04d1d9b94e163a9b8ceca_mv2.png?v=1789325458","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/kat-allibe-the-guardian-of-the-plains-original-mixed-media-signed-2026","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}